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Chiac is a mixture of Acadian French (which includes words from Old French) and English. Chiac uses primarily French syntax with French-English vocabulary and phrase forms. An example: Ej vas driver mon truck à soir pis ça va êt'e right la fun.
Chiac is often deprecated by both French and English speakers as an impure hybrid -- either "bad" French or "bad" English. However, Chiac has been reclaimed in recent years by some Acadian groups as a living and evolving language, and part of their collective culture. A number of Acadian artists write literature and music in Chiac.
It is believed that the word Chiac originates from the town of Shediac. Some have also suggested that it is a derivative of the French word chier, meaning "to shit".